For what it's worth, I like a mixed approach. Things like "Overlay Area" seem to me natural as insets. Frames I like more as styles. But this may be an individual thing.
Richard On 06/21/2016 10:44 AM, Guillaume Munch wrote: > Hi Jürgen, > > > Le 19/06/2016 13:22, Jürgen Spitzmüller a écrit : >> Am Freitag, den 10.06.2016, 11:11 -0400 schrieb Richard Heck: >>>> Can I make it a bit more accessible and not hidden under custom >>>> insets? >> >> This is a major design flaw of this approach, IMHO. > > Yes, something would have to be done about this: a combo box, or an > automatic toolbar. But I think this is a more general issue with custom > insets, not specific to beamer-flex. > >> >>> >>> There is an enhancement request for this sort of thing: a combo box, >>> like for layouts, that could be put on the toolbars. >> >> But still, you would need to >> 1. put the cursor outside the inset >> 2. use the mouse to enter a new frame >> >> whereas currently, starting a new frame from within a frame is a one- >> keystroke action. > > I agree. I was imagining a new lfun that splits a text inset into two, > at the location of the cursor, similar to the current environment-split > for environments. One use is to create a new inset after the current > one. > >> >> Also, these flex insets cannot be reordered by the outliner, and >> reordering frames is a crucial function at least for me. > > I am not worried about this one. One advantage of flex insets is that > they are easier to select as a whole and also in sequence, making > copy-paste an appropriate tool. (In contrast, the outliner does not let > us move several frames at once.) > >> >> IMHO the flex idea sounds neat in theory, but in practice has too many >> shortcomings (which all, arguably, can be solved). >> > > I think the new lfun is the only one to be really urgent. > > > Guillaume >
